By Joseph Alexander, New Delhi Ethics Violations? Even after several months since the expert committee found irregularities in the clinical trials of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine (HPV vaccine) that allegedly caused deaths of a few trial subjects, the authorities are still sitting on the report and failed to initiate any punitive action. According to a […]
Genetics study reveals how pneumococcus bacteria evolve to evade vaccines
By Welcome Trust Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published today in Nature Genetics, which investigates how bacteria change their disguise to evade the vaccines, has implications for how future vaccines can be made more effective. Pneumococcus […]
The Research Works Act: a damaging threat to science
The Lancet, Volume 379, Issue 9813, Page 288, 28 January 2012 (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60125-1 “Academic publishers have become the enemies of science.” So wrote Dr Mike Taylor, a scientist at the UK’s University of Bristol. He, and many scientists like him, are angry that publishers are supporting the Research Works Act (RWA), a controversial Bill before the US Congress. The […]
Investigation: The Meningococcal Gold Rush
By Barbara Sumner Burstyn & Ron Law EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: New Zealand’s meningococcal disease story, as unravelled through analysis of previously secret documents obtained under the Official Information Act, reveals that the New Zealand government, media and public have been misled and manipulated by officials, advisors and scientists alike. As a result of this manipulation, the government has […]
The concerns about the HPV vaccine are justifiable
Letter to the editor, Kaieteur News, 28 January 2012 Dear Editor, I paid scant interest in the current matter regarding the issuance of the anti-cervical Cancer vaccine – Gardasil. My interest was aroused when I read the article headlined: “Health Minister Dumps HPV Vaccine Criticism”. I then decided to check on the internet for additional […]
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